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| Anne Adkins
Weissenborn WC '61 (left) and Loretta Ryder WC '63 meet Brad Bundy, Miami's
newly appointed Associate Vice President for University Advancement, at the reception in
the lobby of the Marcum Conference Center, where the gala was held. |
Betty Crutcher,
Miami University Enrollment Services (left), and Renee Harris Yates WC
'72 exchange
stories midway through the elegant evening -- after dinner and before dancing. |

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| Dean Burt Kaufman
doffed his tux jacket to model the storied WCP green plaid sport coat, a hot item in the
silent auction, as Irene Bell WCP '82 looks on. On a more serious note, the auction
also featured art and artifacts from Western College and the Western Program. |
Zambias U.N.
ambassador, Mwelwa Musambachime,taught in the Western Program in 1984-85 as a Fulbright
Scholar-in-Residence. On campus to speak to the Miami University community, he attended
the gala and visits here with Diane Kaufman, WC Memorial Archives. |

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| As chair of the
Deans Alumni Advisory Council, Irene Bell WCP '82 (seated, center) was
principal organizer of the event. At the table with her (from left): Ann Gingrich Kuehn WC
'60, who helped with planning; Ben Gibbons WCP '94, Jim Boyer WCP '83, and
Maria Boyer. |
Judy Waldron, WCAA
director, boogies with her husband, Warren Waldron.WCAA staff and trustees, in Oxford for
board meetings the weekend of October 19-20, joined in the festivities with alumni,
faculty and staff from the Western College Program. |